GAITHER HOMECOMING is the name applied to a series of videos , music
recordings and concerts , which are organized, promoted and usually
presented by
Christian musicChristian music songwriter and impresario Bill Gaither .
To date, the
Gaither HomecomingGaither Homecoming title is applied to more than 60
videos, dozens of music recordings, and an annual concert tour that
drew more than half a million fans in 2004 (the most recent year for
which statistics are available).

It was on one of these cruises, in 2006, where regular pianist
Anthony Burger , a longtime favorite of the Homecoming series,
collapsed on-stage as a result of a heart attack while accompanying
Gaither, his wife Gloria and the rest of the Homecoming Friends.

In 2009, for the first time, a Homecoming cruise was recorded for
DVD/CD releases. Alaskan Cruise Homecoming and Majesty were released
in January 2011.